Here at Holmes Farm Walkers, I am dedicated to producing the best quality
flat shod versatility horses available. For years, I have hand selected quality mares to produce horses with great minds and gaits
to be used for trail riding, pleasure riding and flat
shod show. While color is a bonus that pleases the eye, I strive to produce horses that can give that comfortable running walk gait that makes the Tennessee Walking Horse so famous. Pick your sport; I have a buckskin horse for you.

I like to ride mares, always have and
always will. A good mare will be a better ride than an
equally good gelding every time. A great many people
feel that they have to ride geldings on the trail or in
the ring because they have been told that is the thing
to do, but if you ever have a really good mare, you will
never make a gelding your main riding horse. To me, a
mare is smarter, quicker, and more level headed than
their male counterpart. I know that mares can come in
heat and spoil a good trail ride, but there are ways to
manage that now that we didn't have 50 years ago. If
started young with that goal in mind, that a mare should
understand not to misbehave during her cycle, they can
be trained to not show out. A good mare is easy to train
because they are smarter than their pasture mate, just
as most women are smarter than their husbands even
though they think it, but would never admit it. I have
found that mares are more sure footed and take better
care of their rider on the trail than geldings do. They
seem to watch where they are going and don't get as
excited as geldings when they get into bad situations.

Who doesn't want a beautiful horse to ride? Everyone
will admit that, as a whole, mares are much prettier than
geldings. I like a long neck, a small head, and little
ears along with those famous walking horse gaits. The
walking horse breed, as a whole, has been taken from a
stub-necked, big-headed, work-horse-looking horse to a
breed that can challenge American Saddlebreds in looks
and beat them by far with their famous gaits.

If you will raise you a good mare, you will have a
loving and useful companion for the rest of your life.

These yearlings belong to David and Holly McQuaig from
Ok. Aren't they pretty?

My
breeding stallion is The Buck Starts Here. He is a perlino Tennessee Walking Horse with a double agouti gene and that is a rare combination. Buck has no Pride of Midnight
H.F. blood and is the perfect cross for Pride of Midnight-bred mares. With his old fashioned bloodlines and their proven walking ability and the beauty of the Pride line, his babies show a hybrid
vigor both in gait and conformation.

******** 5 Buck Babies for sale.******

Click on photos below for more information and pedigrees.

BUCK'S TORNADO #pend. is a
lovely buckskin Tennessee Walking Horse stud colt, by
The
Buck Starts Here,
out of The Winning Run,
a Ted Williams
mare who was a flatshod show mare. He moves the right
way and will make a great trail horse/flatshod show
horse. He should stand 15 to 15.1 when
grown. He is beautiful with outstanding
conformation and a kind eye. Foaled April
15, 2017. Located in Sikeston, Missouri. Make him your own
for $2500.

BUCK'S POWERSTROKE
#21700745 - Beautiful perlino
Tennessee Walking Horse
colt born June 5th 2017. He is big and stout and very gaited. He is yet to be tested, but I do know that he is double agouti, double cream and has at least one big E. The paperwork came back
today. He is EE. CrCr, and AA. Every
mare he covers WILL
produce
a buckskin.
The wonderful thing about his breeding is that it is all old blood. Not one bit of Pride blood in his whole pedigree. This should make him a magical cross on modern bred mares. He is destined for someone's breeding herd, maybe mine. He is by The
Buck Starts Here
and out of Precious Cream. He should stand 15.1 or more when grown and pass on his strong gait to his foals. He is one of a kind. Located in
Missouri. Priced at
$10,000.

BUCK'S CLASSIC
MAN#21700785 is
indeed a classic Tennessee Walking Horse
colt.
He is by The
Buck Starts Here and out of a fine Ritz
daughter,
Ritz's Gypsy Rose YF. He was born June 3, 2017
and came into this world walking. He does
everything naturally. He will be 15 to 15.1
when he is grown and be a pleasure to ride
in the ring or on the trails. Located in
Missouri. He
is cheap at $2500.

BUCK'S BINGO#21700743 - Very nice buckskin
Tennessee Walking Horse stud colt, by The
Buck Starts Here, out of
Bingo's Skywatch. She has both JFK and Skywatch
breeding so this foal has the best of bloodlines and
conformation. When grown he will measure 15 hands and
will be a wonderful trail horse. Bingo can travel and he
goes with a nice ground-eating gait while he follows his
mother in the pasture. If you like quality, you will
love Bingo. Foaled 05/09/2017. Located in Missouri.Priced right at $2,500.

BUCK'S GOLD BUG
#21700740 - Outstanding palomino colt by
The Buck Starts Here and out of
Check My Stats, a
Ted Williams Mare. As you can see
from the second photo, he can walk
naturally. This colt should be 15.1 hands at
maturity and be outstanding on the trails or
in the show ring. Born 05/01/2017. Located
in Missouri.For sale at weaning
for $2000.